The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-09-15
pAWN-TICKET FAKIRS.
B Lesson Learned By a Citizen Of
Brooklyn.
Inv the Thing is Dono-The Hungry
Eoung Man and the Cooperative
Broker--Twenty Dollars on .
Two-Dollar Watch.

lbo long face. a poor mouth and 4 suit
81 drspectably shabby clothes. with a
pin rgce trained down to an empty stom-
nos sh whihe are about all the capital re-
lia1 qured-plus unlimited gall-by the
q modern street brigand. the pawn
9 y ticket fakir. He is generally in part
ply asnhip with pawubrokers of shady
aa. rputations- gentlemen who are not
- nsctly receivers of stolen goods,
. Bat whose keen mercantile instinct
aI leads them to advance trifling sum of
= money on valuable jewel handed over
he counter by tramp. They are all
honorable men, of course. because they
Se seldom found out. But the ticket
hkir has little to do with valuable
pos Jewels or property unless his fingers
y Aippen to stray against them acci-
ses dsntally. While this is true as a gen.
ral thing, there are exceptions. The
Irs1 flkif who does the broken-down sport
ndl avery often carries pawn tickets rep
,uls 'usnhng his equity in alleged dia-
sld nohds and other valuables supposed
to have been hypothecated during one
urh those periods when the silver lining
3 s turned the wrong side up. Itmay
sha 9 taken as a rule, however, that the
RAD aklr spawn tickets are regulated &C.
rag n'ding to his apparent station.
young fellow. tall, white-faced
ios ad looking miserably attenuated, his
Ealn clothes quite shabby and buttoned un
Q aose about the neck, has been work
haz as Fulton street late O. nights for
en- ZONE weeks, presumably changing his
int 'ace location quite frequently. AT
d anost midnight he accosted gentle
al nan near Pierrepont street, with the
ltd 1nventional whine:
urr Excuse me, sir. just a minute,
. se- Could you oblige me with a
M pennies to help me get a mealP"
at WHAT'S the matter, out of work p''
81 lsned the pedestrian, who was Just
IN uralng from lodge and was little
lus slow As he holds public position
!. ieels very solicitous that his name
hs aould be suppressed.
finding his victim in a talkative
IL sod' the fakir drops the whine and
sd 1apts q confidential tone.
nj well. it's partly that; but the truth
b lW been on the lose for week OF
n - y and I've had to pawn my clothes
/ = watch and borrow these rags I've
u wen Tive at Newark, and I ha vent
hss N N; 'ne iace to 60 back looking like
,r I've written to friend for some
eh and guess I'll get it in a day
n - NO But l must go hungry and
has IS sae streets in the meantime"
Ee = ne victim had frozen up, and,
q living suspicious, was pushing by
lin! ~ u curt: Il haven't got anything. j
81 Is IS 'ne fakir planked down his little
= .s and took the trick.
d. LOOK here. boss, I'm no bercar
~, want enough to get a bed and
s1n VII my money arrives. A couple
Suars Il do. Here's the pawn ticke,
q sag y watch. Ionly borrowed twenty
n !, saa's on it. because l didn't expect to
Z aoke. The watch cost nv father
a y aaadred and fifty dollars when he
! s0s i for me- Iwouldn't part with
is 81 y nve hundred dollars. If you'n
g me two or three dollars till 1 ge,
81 IO0ey I'll .eave my ticket with yor
u 0rlty I don't like to insult Won
se ,as ,aasserng to pay for a kindness. but i1
n .l or two's an object I'll pay il
4 neasure for the accommodation. y
3 ss s gentleman took the ticket, looked
= hs% Usually and then drew ont a small
g s.,a ss o. greenbacks. The fakir saw
/. = mad succeeded, and added, with
~ .se Of simulated anxiety in hi.
= i ] sauppose you won't object to telling
asls s can find you, sirp'
uunt object and he handed the
sarse dollars, cutting short hi.